Innochka, my granddaughter, why are you crying?” Ekaterina Andreevna asked her twenty-four-year-old granddaughter. “I am needed by no one!” the girl said bitterly. “Everyone just looks out for their own benefit, and no one cares about me!” “How can you say you are not needed? What about me? Your mom and dad? From what I […]
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Ol, your husband is on a business trip again?” Pavel, a colleague, caught up with Olga as she headed to the bus stop. “Maybe we can sit in the café? Have your favorite cocoa, talk a bit, since it’s always just ‘hi’ and ‘bye’.” “Sorry, Pash, I can’t today. Ignat promised he’d be home early, […]
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Denis resolutely pushed the plate of borscht away from him and, with an indifferent, careless tone, as if even solemnly, declared: “Sveta, I’m leaving you!” The forty-five-year-old woman, stunned by such unexpected words, dropped the cup she was holding, which shattered into pieces upon hitting the tiled floor. Sveta looked at her husband and, seeing […]
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Again that smell. Cinnamon with vanilla. I’m checking the cheesecake recipe for the hundredth time, though I know it by heart. My hands tremble as I take the form out of the oven. Please let everything be perfect this time. “Masha, did you fall asleep there?” Andrei’s voice comes from the living room. “The […]
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— Elizaveta, I’m leaving early today. Will you close the kiosk by yourself? And if necessary, cover for Mrs. Anatolyevna, okay? — Elizaveta almost whispered. — Are you even asking, silly! — her partner replied, biting off a piece of fresh bun. — You can always count on me for that. Although, I must admit, […]
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I was at my mom’s, that’s why I was late. Sorry, my phone died,” said Zhenya. “Got it. Are you going to eat? Or did you eat at your parents’?” I automatically got up, ready to heat up dinner. “I ate, don’t worry, Masha. Let’s watch a movie and go to sleep. I’m very tired.” […]
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Andrey, promise you won’t leave Larisa,” his dying wife begged. “You know her health is frail. She needs constant care. I understand it’s not easy, but I’m really scared she won’t manage on her own. You’ll be her guardian for another two years. Please, do everything properly.” Andrey nodded, but deep down, he thought soon […]
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Lisa sat in the living room, listening to her son Artem arguing on the phone. He was speaking loudly with a friend, and Lisa couldn’t help but overhear snippets of the conversation. “Yes, mom doesn’t understand anything!” he shouted, making Lisa flinch. “She never knew what I really needed.” Her heart clenched. She couldn’t imagine […]
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And you just left everything to them?” Katya saw her friend looking at her with a puzzled expression. “Aren’t you going to the notary to assert your rights? Kat, what are you thinking?” Katya shrugged. “Natulchik, what rights? Sergey and I weren’t married. So, nothing belongs to me,” Katya sighed. “Nothing.” “But you fixed up […]
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Are you not overdoing it?” Vasily skeptically looked at his friend, who was unloading his things from the SUV. “Look, your wife will get tired of your ‘departures.’ She’ll kick you out herself, where will you go then? Back to your parents? You’ve quietly sold your grandmother’s apartment long ago and spent the money.” “To […]
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